Department of Leine

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Map of the department of Leine (1809)

The department of Leine (in German: Departement der Leine, Leine-Departement or Leinedepartement) was a department of the kingdom of Westphalia. Its chief town was Göttingen. He owed his name to Leine, a tributary of the Aller.

Creationchange code

The department is created by the royal decree of December 24, 1807, which orders the division of the kingdom into eight departments. Territorychange code

According to the aforementioned decree, the department covered: Populationchange code

According to the aforementioned decree, the population of the department was estimated at 145,537 inhabitants. Subdivisionsedit code

According to the aforementioned decree, the department was divided into two districts or districts whose chief towns were Göttingen and Einbeck.

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